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No. 608,459. Patented Aug. 2', I898. c. w.- JUDSON.

MIRROR HINGE.

(Application filed Nov. 15, 1897.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

CHARLES W. JUDSON, OF TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE EAGLELOCK COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MIRROR-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,459, dated August2, 1898.

Application filed Novcmber15,1897. Serial No. 658,516. iNomodelJ To allwhom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, CHARLES W. J UDsON, of Terryville, in the countyof Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new 5Improvement in Mirror- Hinges; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the lettersof reference markedthereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of a hinge constructed in accordance withmy invention;

Fig. 2, a view in vertical section on the line I a b of Fig. 1; Fig. 3,a View in transverse section on the line 0 cl of the same figure; Fig.4, a view in vertical section of one of the modified forms which myimprovement may assume; Fig. 5, a view in perspectiveof another of themodified forms which my improvement may assume.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of friction-hingesdesigned to be used for the suspension of mirror-frames in 2 5 themirror-frame supports of dressing-cases,

toilet-bureaus, &c., the object being to produce simple, cheap, andeffective hinges adapted to be readily adjusted to take up wear andconstructed with particular refer- 0 once to being held rigidly in placeand to the preservation of their adaptation for adjustment.

I may here note that my inventionconstitutes an improvement upon thefriction-hinge 5 forming the subject-matter of Patent No.

303,633, granted August 19, 1884, to William E. Gard.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a friction-hinge havingcertain details 0 of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as shown in adapt the strap to receive andclasp the pin- 1 The bend or fold of each straptle. The inner leaf a ofeach strapis formed with a screw-hole a and the outer leaf a of eachstrap with an alined screw-hole a which is counterbored. Thesescrew-holes receive the screws 0, by means of which the straps areapplied to the mirror-frame D and the mirror-frame supports E, whetherthe latter form portions of a dressing-case or toiletbureau. It is to benoticed that but a single screw is employed for securing each strap inplace. Therefore to prevent the straps from swinging or swiveling upontheir single screws as upon pivots, which would result in the racking ofthe mirror between its supports, I turn the free end of the outer leafof each strap A inward at or by a right angle to form a flange a, whichis provided with two retaining-teeth a a These teeth enter themirror-frame and mirror-frame supports and effectually 7o prevent thestraps from turning upon their screws as upon pivots, as clearlyillustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The flanges A also perform the importantfunction of preventing the leaves of the straps from being unduly drawntogether, as they might be in their initial application by a carelessworkman. 1f the straps are initially drawn together too much, thecapacity of the hinge for being adjusted for taking up wear is impairedor destroyed; hence the important function of the flanges a in therespect last mentioned.

In the modified construction shown by Fig. 4 the inner leaf of the strapF is formed with an outwardly-turned flange f, which sup- 8 ports, as itwere, the free end of the outer leaf f of the strap and prevents the.two leaves from being unduly drawn together by the screw G. Inemploying this construction I might strike a tooth or projection G 0 outof the inner leaf f for preventing the strap from swiveling, orprovision for that purpose might be omitted altogether, although Iprefer to provide against such tendency.

It is not necessary that my improved hinge 5 should employ two straps,as one will suffice. A hinge containing my invention but employing butone strap is shown in Fig. 5. This hinge consists of a strap Hand apintle I, the said strap being substantially like the straps shown inFigs. 1, 2, 3, or 4, and the pintle I having its outer end flattened andformed with two screw-holes I 1, receiving screws J J, which enter themirrorfra1ne support K and secure the pintle directly thereto instead ofthrough the medium of another strap. In this modified construction thestrap ll is secured by means of a screw' H to the mirrorframe L. Themodified hinge thus described is perhaps less elegant than the hingefirst; described, but it is an effective hinge and contains myinvention.

It is obvious from the modification shown and described and of othersthat might be made that I do not limit myself to the exact constructionset forth, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.It will be understood, however, that in view of the Gard patent referredto at the outset of this description I do not broadly claim afriction-hinge of the type herein shown and described .l laving fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A frictioirhinge for mirrors, having a sheet-metal strap, each leafofwhich is formed with a single screw-hole and the outerleaf of which ismade longer than the inn r lea f and turned inward to form a flange,which prevents the twoloa-vcs from being unduly drawn together by thescrew passing through the single screw-holes of the respective leaves,and the said flange being also formed with teeth which enter the woodand hold the strap against swiveling upon the screw which passes throughsaid serew-holcs.

2. A friction-hinge for mirrors, having a sheet-metal strap of which oneleaf is longer than the other, each leaf being formed with a singlescrew-hole and the longer leaf being bent at or substantially at a rightangle to form a flange which prevents the two leaves from being undulydrawn together by the screw passing through the single screw-holes ofthe respective leaves, and one leaf of the said strap being also adaptedto enter the wood and hold the strap against swiveling upon the singlescrew which passes through the said screw-holes.

In testimony whereof I have signed this SpOCillCfLtiOH in the presenceof two suhseril ing witnesses.

CHARLES \V. .IUDSON.

Witnesses:

R. J. Kmimiu, )Tis l llOllHIl.

